Well, that's something at least.Tulsa Co. DA: TPD Ofc. Betty Shelby faces 1st degree manslaughter charge in Terence Crutcher death
Well, that's something at least.Tulsa Co. DA: TPD Ofc. Betty Shelby faces 1st degree manslaughter charge in Terence Crutcher death
That or they are going to hit her with everything they have so they have someone to prop up as an example of trying to fix things everytime this happens.IB4 the trial starts, she is acquitted, and then there are riots.[DOUBLEPOST=1474578822,1474578800][/DOUBLEPOST]Or there's a plea bargain and charges are severely reduced.
I'm still feeling lazy, so please pretend that I made an Alt name "Trial" or something like that, and as this alt I post "I find the defendant not guilty"IB4 the trial starts, she is acquitted, and then there are riots.[DOUBLEPOST=1474578822,1474578800][/DOUBLEPOST]Or there's a plea bargain and charges are severely reduced.
Or, then they end up overcharging her and can't get a verdict.That or they are going to hit her with everything they have so they have someone to prop up as an example of trying to fix things everytime this happens.
Not to belittle the issue at hand, her being a woman suggests the latter will happen.
Maybe it's a ghost gun and can't be recorded by anything but a thermal camera.http://latest.com/2016/09/breaking-...ce=Facebook&utm_medium=ta&utm_campaign=iwvo12
Body cam footage of Keith Scott being shot by the police has been released. Still no gun visible.
I foresee this getting challenged hard in a few years; all it's gonna take is one case of the state knowingly withholding exculpatory video to force them to release it all. And that video WILL leak.As a result of the reaction to dashcam and body cam video that contradicts official police reports for shootings, North Carolina has decided that dashcam and body cam footage will no longer be considered part of the public record and as such will no longer be made available to the public upon request. Instead, police departments in NC would be allowed to decide whether or not to release footage upon request.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/25/us/charlotte-police-video/index.html
Right back to the 19th Century.North Carolina is on a roll.
The determination will be reviewed on the basis of how many lies they've told about the footage already.As a result of the reaction to dashcam and body cam video that contradicts official police reports for shootings, North Carolina has decided that dashcam and body cam footage will no longer be considered part of the public record and as such will no longer be made available to the public upon request. Instead, police departments in NC would be allowed to decide whether or not to release footage upon request.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/25/us/charlotte-police-video/index.html
But that really isn't an excuse to take the videos out of the public domain. The officers have no expectation of privacy; they are public officials dispensing their duties in public. A body camera is really no different than someone using a cellphone to record the scene. More to the point, hiding the videos means the defense doesn't have access to vital evidence that may exonerate their client while the prosecution has full access to said video and may use it to argue guilt. That's a clear conflict of interest.There is a problem with body camera footage. The lenses are only good for viewing people and things within about a five to ten foot range. Beyond that and you're talking blur city. And forget it if there's any sort of light source in the direction the camera is pointing; you might as well be looking at fuzz.
Are you sure about this? Not releasing video to the Public doesn't have to equal not releasing the video.. More to the point, hiding the videos means the defense doesn't have access to vital evidence that may exonerate their client while the prosecution has full access to said video and may use it to argue guilt. That's a clear conflict of interest.
Are we talking about not making the videos available for trials though? Because that's a lot different from making something not public domain.But that really isn't an excuse to take the videos out of the public domain. The officers have no expectation of privacy; they are public officials dispensing their duties in public. A body camera is really no different than someone using a cellphone to record the scene. More to the point, hiding the videos means the defense doesn't have access to vital evidence that may exonerate their client while the prosecution has full access to said video and may use it to argue guilt. That's a clear conflict of interest.
I'm assuming the "cannot obtain copy" law doesn't mean you can't force them to submit the footage for your defense. Alright, this isn't NEARLY as bad as I thought.Under the new law, though, only individuals filmed in a body-camera or dashcam video— or in some cases their family members -- would be allowed to view such footage. They would not, however, be allowed to obtain a copy of that video.
One would hope.That would not pass a lower court judge.
Obviously there is only one solution...open-source surveillance, or "sousveillance."But that really isn't an excuse to take the videos out of the public domain. The officers have no expectation of privacy; they are public officials dispensing their duties in public. A body camera is really no different than someone using a cellphone to record the scene. More to the point, hiding the videos means the defense doesn't have access to vital evidence that may exonerate their client while the prosecution has full access to said video and may use it to argue guilt. That's a clear conflict of interest.
Yeah, no one riots like Canuck hockey fans after losing the Stanley Cup. I mean, that thing has been raging for years, and has now spread across the continent. Crazy.Police stand by helplessly as Charlotte protests turn destructive
Yeah, no one riots like Canuck hockey fans after losing the Stanley Cup. I mean, that thing has been raging for years, and has now spread across the continent. Crazy.
It would have been far funnier if you had waited until riots broke out in NYC or Boston.
Its not about whether they will make the playoffs. It's about when they did make the playoffs.Eh, I don't think they'll make the playoffs.
@DarkAudit could tell you all about that.Except the first one, that's University of Tennessee fans celebrating beating some other team of basketball for the first time in 12 years by burning someone's furniture.
In point of fact, the Taser Axon Flex camera that I use with a head mount is pretty clear - it at least "sees" what I can see, and at about the same ranges.There is a problem with body camera footage. The lenses are only good for viewing people and things within about a five to ten foot range. Beyond that and you're talking blur city. And forget it if there's any sort of light source in the direction the camera is pointing; you might as well be looking at fuzz.
Clearly you are unaware of the Soccer world.My take away from the last few posts is that everyone riots, butwhite peopleSPORTS FANS do it for stupid fucking reasons.
Are you implying that the police don't arrest the former?The difference is that when white people destroy property, burn cars, loot, and throw bottles and tear gas at the police because their sports team won or lost, they're "drunken revelers blowing off steam".
When black people riot because police kill them with little apparent cause and face few consequences for it, they're "thug criminals destroying their community".